The Shining

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The Stanley Hotel is not only where the movie was filmed but is also the hotel that originally inspired Stephen King to write the novel, having booked a vacation there just as the hotel was closing for the season and was nearly empty of guests and employees. He stayed in Room 217, which had long been said to be haunted. (The actual hotel room is on a corner, not in the middle of the hallway as it appears in the film.)